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Semour Cray (was: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!)

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From: alistair
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 09:54
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geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
> I recall [Seymour Cray's] reason for using the Mac was
> that he'd rather spend his time using his tools than figuring out how to
> use them (or words to that effect).

I read that someone from Apple was talking to Cray and proudly told him that
they were using a Cray to design Macs. His reply was, 'Oh really? I use a Mac
to design Crays.'
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From: alistair@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Semour Cray (was: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!)
Message-ID: <632656479.5019@minster.york.ac.uk>
Date: 18 Jan 90 09:54:40 GMT
References: <37491@apple.Apple.COM> <636@taylor.UUCP> <5959@internal.Apple.COM> <1990Jan8.202118.16386@ntvax.uucp> <1054@pmafire.UUCP>
Reply-To: alistair@SoftEng.UUCP (alistair)
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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